Simple measures to reduce the rate of contamination of blood cultures in Accident and Emergency

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 810-811

  Madeo, M ^a   Williams, Craig ^a,b   Jackson, T ^a  

^a HULL AND EAST YORKSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PAMPHLETS;

EID: 27844526188     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2005.003079     Document Type: Article

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